{"id":16,"date":"2017-10-14T14:07:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T14:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olddogdesigns.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-02-10T14:37:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:37:49","slug":"clerks-office","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elbatownship.org\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"Clerk&#8217;s Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-291\" src=\"http:\/\/olddogdesigns.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/stripe2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elbatownship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/stripe2.png 600w, https:\/\/elbatownship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/stripe2-300x22.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Rena Fountain<\/strong> &#8211; Clerk<\/p>\n<h3>Duties of the Clerk:<\/h3>\n<ul id=\"supList\">\n<li>Plan, organize and oversee elections in the township.<\/li>\n<li>Maintain election files, records and voter information.<\/li>\n<li>Process absentee applications and ballots.<\/li>\n<li>Maintains custody of all township records.<\/li>\n<li>Records, maintains, and posts board minutes and notices.<\/li>\n<li>Keeps township ordinance books and records.<\/li>\n<li>Maintains general ledger.<\/li>\n<li>Accounts payable for the township.<\/li>\n<li>Administers payroll, and all human resources for the township.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-291\" src=\"http:\/\/olddogdesigns.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/stripe2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elbatownship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/stripe2.png 600w, https:\/\/elbatownship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/stripe2-300x22.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Elections<\/h3>\n<p>The Clerk&#8217;s office will be open the Saturday before an election from 8:00 a.m. &#8211; 4:00 p.m. for absent voting only.<\/p>\n<p>Permanent Absentee Voter Applications will be mailed approximately 45 days before an election. \u00a0If you would like to receive a Absentee Voter Application, please contact the Clerk&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Workers Wanted:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Clerk&#8217;s office is looking for Precinct Inspectors.\u00a0A precinct inspector must be a registered voter of the State. They cannot be a challenger, candidate, member of a candidate&#8217;s immediate family, or a member of the local Board of Canvassers. Anyone convicted of a felony or an election crime may not serve.<\/p>\n<p>Training date for the election will be necessary also. Please contact the Clerk&#8217;s office for more details.<\/p>\n<h4>LINK TO MICHIGAN ELECTIONS:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/sos\/1,1607,7-127-1633---,00.html\">Elections<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-291\" src=\"http:\/\/olddogdesigns.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/stripe2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elbatownship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/stripe2.png 600w, https:\/\/elbatownship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/stripe2-300x22.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rena Fountain &#8211; Clerk Duties of the Clerk: Plan, organize and oversee elections in the township. Maintain election files, records and voter information. Process absentee applications and ballots. Maintains custody of all township records. Records, maintains, and posts board minutes and notices. Keeps township ordinance books and records. Maintains general ledger. Accounts payable for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbatownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbatownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbatownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbatownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbatownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/elbatownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1429,"href":"https:\/\/elbatownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/1429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbatownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}